Rocks, Landscapes & Water — Chapter overview · Earth & Space Science, Grade 9
Identify Earth materials and explain how rock, water, and surface processes shape landscapes.
Chapter question
How do Earth materials change and move?
Units in this chapter
- Unit 3.1 · Minerals & Their Properties
I can list the five traits that define a mineral.
- Unit 3.2 · The Rock Cycle
I can name the three rock types and the processes that transform one into another.
- Unit 3.3 · The Three Rock Types
I can describe how igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks each form.
- Unit 3.4 · Weathering, Erosion & Deposition
I can distinguish physical (mechanical) weathering from chemical weathering.
- Unit 3.5 · Groundwater, Watersheds & Water Budgets
I can distinguish porosity from permeability and trace water through a watershed.